The Backstory

Published Nov 22, 2021, 8:00 AM

Estrella is grateful to María del Carmen for saving her from getting fired and tells her the story of how she ended up working at La Casa Rosa.

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Previously on the Princess of South Beach. Estraya was desperately looking for evidence to help her Unmascus Stebon and find her missing friend Gabby Luisa. I caught her red handed and was about to fire Estraya when Maria de Garment swooped in and saved the day. Well done, Sis, Listen, I appreciate you saving my ass, but to be honest, I've been pretty annoyed with you. You said you helped me investigate the guy Lens, and you keep blowing me off. I can't waste any more time, Maria. Yeah, I know, but there's just a lot going on and I'm still getting used to all this. I was just a naive girl in a convent, and all of a sudden I was I know, I don't need your backstory again, Jesus, I get it. You have your story, but I have mine too. I think time that I tell you what's really at stake for me. Okay, you're right. I have been a bit selfish, and it's just been so hard being out of the convent for the first time and seeing the money. You're doing it again. Sorry, go ahead and sit down. Well, the first thing you need to know about me is that I'm lactose and tomery. But the second thing you need to know about me is that I'm gay. Oh okay, that's cool. Seems unrelated, but I simply don't stop interrupting me. Sorry, it's relevant to my motivations. You know, why don't we start this story in twenty ten? Everyone was into Twilight for some reason, and Lady Gaga was wearing meat for some reason, and I was done pretending to be straight. I had known for years I was gay, ever since I saw Aliyah in the Argue That Somebody video. I was like, yea, something's going on in my panties and I was tired of being someone I wasn't. So one day I marched into my living room when my parents were playing scrabble, and I wrote out homosexual. It was a trip Award score, and after that they never played scrabble again. Yesterday, but that was awful. Did they kick you out or did they disown you? What? No, Maria, this is the twenty first century. I know that every time a gay person comes out on TV it's a tragic Lifetime special. But they were super cool with it. Actually, they said they knew since I insisted on running Bring It On like fifteen times, and every time they walked in, I was only watching the parts where they dumble. My point is they were super supportive and encouraged me to get involved in LGBTQ activism. I joined a bunch of clubs, started volunteering, and at one of the meetings I met Gabby. Oh mightya. She was so freaking cute. She had this frizzy red hair and she would always sell the corneas jokes and I would always laugh. I felt for her super hard. We dated, but she wasn't out to her parents yet, so we hung out at my place. Mostly. I kept encouraging her to come out to her parents and just live her truth or whatever. Now. Oh god, I regretted so much. She told me she was finally going to do it, and then all of a sudden, I couldn't reach her. Oh. I called for her for days and days and days and nothing. So I decided to go where I wasn't allowed to go, her parents house. Thank you, thank you, and welcome to Tea with Tatiana. I'm back to give you the hard hitting news of the day. I'm kidding, of course, we're gonna talk about our favorite royal family, the Calderons. Now we all know that Nacho Santana is very close to the Calderon's. Sources say they've seen Nacha spending lots of time at the race track, and tonight we have someone with some insider information on that. Please welcome Nacho's favorite Jackie Mon Dragon. Thanks Tatsiana. It's really exciting to be here. I usually only get this much attention after winning a race, and it's been a while. Sure, sure so, Mon Dragon, tell us, what do you know about Nacho. Well, he's very supportive of me. He's always pumping me up before a big race. When I get really nervous, he takes me for a drive in his new suv. Any chance that would be a Lincoln Aviator. Yeah, It's kind of my lucky charm, you know how So Well, every time I'm headed for a race, we take a spin in the Aviator. We drive around the city and listen to podcasts and I relax with the active motion massage feature. Gives me the headspace that I need to feel centered. Then I get on the saddle and let things run as they should. And has it helped you win races? No, but having that centered headspace has helped me connect with my listeners on my podcast. Oh you have a podcast, Yes, Mandrago with the Flow. It's tips for living your best life from a successful jockey's perspective. Wait, I thought you said you haven't won a race. It doesn't matter, we're out of time. Well that's it for this week's show. Remember my beautiful tea lovers. Sharing is caring, But how can we care unless we post about it? Anyway? See you on the next tea with Tatiana. So I decided to go where I wasn't allowed to go, her parents house. Excuse me? Can I help you? Hi? Miss Gabby's mom. I'm Gabby's friend from school. We have chemistry together, a lot of chemistry. It's Gabby home, no, okay, because we have an assignment dude together. Do you know when she'll be home. Gabby isn't coming home for a few weeks. She's at camp camp in the middle of a school year. Not that it's any of your business, but Gabby needed to reset her priorities. She's at God's Holy light and she will be there until she gets better. Now, excuse me, I have to get dinner ready. My shrimp and grits. I knew what God's Holy Light was. I had protested in front of that awful place dozens of times. I encouraged her to come out, and then she ended up in a gay conversion therapy camp. I really don't I don't know what that is. Can you explain gay conversion therapy? It's not real therapy. It's religious fanatics convincing gay kids that they're a sin. They try to convince kids that they'll never be loved or happy unless they become straight, as if it's something you can freaking choose. It's psychological torture. And it wasn't until weeks later that I finally got a letter from Gabby. You have it on you. I had a feeling we get into this today. Read it, Dearest Doris, who's Doris? Me? Remember esterday as my fake name? Your parents named you Doris. It's a family name you could keep reading. Sorry, Dearest Doris, I miss you so much. I'm sorry I disappeared. I'm sure you must have been worried. I've been trapped at God's Holy Life for weeks now and they won't let me leave. It's been helen here. They took our phones they won't let us talk to our families, and they barely give us any food. The only thing that's keeping me going is knowing you're out there. But Doris, I'm scared. The other day something happened. Something happened with a very powerful person. His name is a Stevan Calderon. Keep reading, Maria. Sorry, his name is a Stevan Calderon. Doris. This man is very powerful. He's one of the people who gave money to this place. I saw him do something. I can't tell you what it is. I don't want to involve you, but I think he knows that I know his secret. And now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I think he wants to get rid of me. Can you wait to the end to gas. Sorry, I've been reading a lot of dramatic letters lately. Now I think he wants to get rid of me. I need to get out of here. Please help me. I love you, Gabby. Oh my god. Wait, didn't that reporter at a Stevan's press conference say something about this? Yes, but I'm not done telling the story. Maria. My parents and I immediately headed to the camp to try to get her out. But when we got there. They said they had no record if anyone named Gabby ever even attending that camp, and she's been missing ever since. I spent years trying to put together the pieces. Her family refused to speak to me. They even moved away. And the only thing I knew for sure is that Estevan Cavedon had something to do with it. He knows where Gabby is. So how did you end appear? I knew the govdons were too powerful to go to the police. These people have the entire police force on their damn payroll. I had to investige it on my own and get information from the inside. And one day it came to me on a silver platter. I saw that Cassadosa had posted a one ad for a maide. So I just showed up. I can't believe I'm answering my own door. Who are you? What do you want him? I was sent from the luxury made service place, Oh Gloves Inc. Yep, White Gloves Inc. That's the one I was informed of the job hosting. It would be honored to service the illustrious house of the God that owns matter. Finally, one who knows her place? What's your name is? Today? Yesterday? Yeah? That's what I said for some reason. Well, I guess I can take a look at your resume and perhaps we do a vacuum test to see how you do come in. Thank you, man. It ended up being way easier than I thought to get in. But now I've been trapped here for three years without making any rope progress until you showed up. Wow, I've been so focused on myself. I didn't even realize her story was so flushed out. Did you think people just wake up one day seeking revenge on the most powerful people of Miami without having a robust backstory to back it up. I hadn't thought about it too much. Well, thank you for sharing all of this with me, and I promise I'll stop being so self centered and helping you with the investigation you sure you show you won't be too stracted with that hat reporter guy? What which reporter? Oh? Andres I'd forgotten about him already? You forgan about him? M No, you haven't. You're a terrible actress. I don't know. I'm doing a pretty good job of convincing people. I'm Gloria as if Little cis. You may think you're pulling it off, but sooner or later someone is going to catch you. Actually, it's definitely sooner. If you're enjoying Princess of South Beach, please subscribe, rate, and review our show wherever you're listening. The Princess of South Beach is a production of Ihearts, Michael Podcast Network and Sonoro, created and directed by Jasmine Romero, Written by Jasmine Romero and Joanna Houseman with help from Daniels Arkis, Monisa Henri and Christian by Luis Castillo. Executive produced by conal Byrne and Giselle Bances for iHeart by Joanna Houseman, and by Jasmine Romero and Joshua Weinstein for Sonaro. Performances in this episode by Rachel Zegler, Gina Torres x Mayo, and Eileen Clarke. Our production manager is gerensa Chitis. Recording and engineering by Emiliano Quintanar, with sound designed by Edwin Irigoyen, Cassandra Tinajo, Andres Bayena, Diego Melina and Andres Coronaldo. Assistant sound designed by Eric Senttheno, Casting in coordination by Andres Chitis. Folly by Samantha Gonzalez Fong, our theme song and original music by Rodrigo Garcia Roles and Charlie Hernandez

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